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109 W Main St, Room 260
Cortez, CO 81321
Phone: 970-565-8317
Fax: 970-565-3420
www.montezumacounty.org
Travis Anderson – County Administrator
Email: tanderson.co.montezuma.co.us
*Also see Mapping/GIS
Phone: 970-564-4158
Email: addressing@co.montezuma.co.us
Leslie Bugg – Assessor
Phone: 970-565-3428
140 W Main St, Suite 3, Cortez CO 81321
Email: lbugg@co.montezuma.co.us
Kim Percell – Clerk & Recorder
Phone: 970-565-3728
Email: kpercell@co.montezuma.co.us
Jerri Frizzell – Deputy Clerk
Phone: 970-564-2735
Email: jfrizzell@co.montezuma.co.us
140 W Main St, Suite 1, Cortez CO 81321
Emily Lockhard – CSU Director
Phone: 970-565-3123
Email: elockhard@co.montezuma.co.us
Tierney Wilson
103 N Chestnut St, Cortez CO 81321
James Dietrich
Phone: 970-565-7402
109 W Main St, Rm 280, Cortez CO 81321
Email: jdietrich@co.montezuma.co.us
Mel Jarmon – Manager
Phone: 970-565-9858
26100 Road F, Cortez CO 81321
Email: mjarmon@co.montezuma.co.us
Doug Roth – Manager
Phone: 970-564-4169
109 W Main St, Rm 282, Cortez CO 81321
Email: droth@co.montezuma.co.us
Nolan Notah – GIS Specialist
Phone: 970-564-4158
Email: nnotah@co.montezuma.co.us
Montezuma County Online Map Viewer:
https://montezumacounty.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.html
Don Haley – Planning Director
Phone: 970-565-2801
Jane Duncan – Planning Assistant
109 W Main St, Room 270, Cortez CO 81321
Email: planning@co.montezuma.co.us
Online Permit Center:
https://co-montezuma-co.smartgovcommunity.com/Public/Home
Patty Likes – Driveway Permits: 970-564-8525
Virginia McKinney – Utility Permits & Special Use
1700 N Dolores Rd, Cortez CO 81321
Phone: 970-565-8666
Email: road@co.montezuma.co.us
Linda Hill
Phone: 970-564-4763
Environmental Health Specialist
Phone: 970-565-3056
106 W North St, Cortez CO 81321
Email: lhill@co.montezuma.co.us
Steve Nowlin – Sheriff
Phone: 970-565-8452
730 E Driscoll St, Cortez CO 81321
www.montezumasheriff.org
Rita Caffey
Phone: 970-565-3330
Ellen Black – Treasurer
Phone: 970-565-7550
140 W Main St, Suite 2, Cortez CO 81321
Email: eblack@co.montezuma.co.us
Montezuma County Weed Program
Russell Smith – Weed Manager
Phone: 970-565-0580
103 N Chestnut St, Cortez CO 81321
Email: weeds@co.montezuma.co.us
Dolores Public Lands Office
BLM: 970-882-1120
USFS: 970-882-7296
29211 Highway 184
Dolores, CO 81323
Robert Stump
Phone: 970-565-7232
60 S Cactus St, Cortez CO 81321
Email: rstump@usbr.gov
Click or Call 811 before you dig!
David Waller – Damage Prevention Liaison (SW Region)
Phone: 970-749-1437
www.colorado811.org
Southwest District Office
Phone: 719-589-2360
Courtney Hurst – Resource Specialist
305 Murphy Dr., Suite A, Alamosa CO 81101
Email: courtney.hurst@state.co.us
Randee Reider – Access Manager
Phone: 970-385-3626
Kenneth Gallegos – Permits
3803 N Main Ave, Suite 100, Durango CO 81301
Email: randee.reider@state.co.us
Email: kenneth.gallegos@state.co.us
Montezuma Land Conservancy
Phone: 970-565-1664
Travis Custer – Executive Director
216 W Montezuma Ave, Cortez CO 81321
Email: info@montezumaland.org
Dispatch: 970-565-8441
Wildfire Adapted Partnership
Phone: 970-385-8909
Celeste Moore – Montezuma County Coordinator
Phone: 970-422-0051
Email: cmoore@wildfireadapted.org
wildfireadapted.org
City of Cortez
Phone: 970-564-4046
Jason Armstrong – Planning Office
Email: jarmstrong@cortezco.gov
Community & Economic Development Director
123 Roger Smith Ave, Cortez CO 81321
Town of Dolores
Phone: 970-882-7720
Leigh Reeves – Town Manager
420 Central Ave, Dolores CO 81323
Town of Mancos
Phone: 970-533-7725
Heather Alvarez – Town Administrator
117 N Main St, Mancos CO 81328
Laura Lewis-Marchino, CEcD – Executive Director
Email: laura@region9edd.org
Phone: 970-769-7189
Shak Powers – Deputy Director / Projects Manager
Phone: 970-828-5208
Email: shak@region9edd.org
20 W Main St., Cortez CO 81321
(Inside The Cortez Area Chamber Business Resource Center every Thursday, 9:00AM–4:00PM)
Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1
Eddie Ramirez – Superintendent – 970-565-7522
Debra Ramsey – Executive Assistant / PIO – 970-565-4187
400 N Elm St, Cortez CO 81321
Dolores School District RE-4A
Alese Reed – Superintendent – 970-882-7255
100 N 6th St, Dolores CO 81323
Mancos School District RE-6
Audrey Hazleton – Superintendent – 970-533-7746
395 Grand Ave, Mancos CO 81328
USDA – NRCS
Cortez Field Office in RT 6
Phone: 970-529-8362
Joel Lee – Resource Team Lead / District Conservationist
628 W 5th St., Cortez CO 81321
Email: Joel.Lee@co.usda.gov
High Desert Conservation District
628 W 5th St., Cortez CO 81321
Phone: 970-529-8368
Email: info@highdesertconservation.org
Mancos Conservation District
PO Box 694, Mancos CO 81328
Phone: 970-533-7317
Email: mancoscd1@gmail.com
Colorado Parks & Wildlife – Area 15
Phone: 970-247-0855
Adrian Archuleta – Area Wildlife Manager
Email: adrian.archuleta@state.co.us
Phone: 970-799-0844
Craig Wickstrom – 970-749-5334
Email: cawickstrom@gmail.com
2902 S Broadway
Cortez, CO 81321
Phone: 970-565-3962
https://cortezsanitation.com
Ken Tarr – Operations Manager: 970-564-4453
Dalton Randolph – System Engineer: 970-564-4472
801 N Broadway, Cortez CO 81321
Email: engineering@eea.coop
www.eea.coop
Septic Engineers:
Cap Allen, PE – 970-799-0623
Email: capallen@frontier.net
Gray Water Engineering – Ryan Gray – 970-749-5699
Email: ryan@graywatercolorado.com
Wickstrom Engineering – 970-749-5334
Email: cawickstrom@gmail.com
Other Engineers:
Stoner Engineering & Surveying – 970-565-7483
Email: stonerengineering@outlook.com
Trautner Geotech – Johnathan Butler – 970-259-5095
Email: jbutler@trautnergeotech.com
Souder, Miller & Associates (Cortez) – 970-565-4465
Email: cortez@soudermiller.com
Goff Engineering & Surveying – 970-247-1705
Email: info@goffengineering.com
Jones & DeMille Engineering – 435-587-9100
Email: enginfo@jonesanddemille.com
SEH Russell Planning & Engineering – 970-385-4546
SGM Engineering – 970-385-2340
Atmos Energy – Charles – 970-576-4169
https://www.atmosenergy.com/
Country Gas – 970-564-1199
Email: office@countrygas-cortez.com
Fraley Propane – 970-565-8538
https://fraleypropane.com/
Suburban Propane – 970-565-3514
https://www.suburbanpropane.com/
Any licensed geologist may perform this service.
Dolores Water Conservancy District
Ken Curtis – General Manager – 970-565-7562
60 S Cactus, Cortez CO 81321
Mancos Water Conservancy District
Gary Kennedy – Superintendent – 970-533-7325
42599 Road N, Mancos CO 81328
Email: gary.mwcd@gmail.com
Montezuma Valley Irrigation
Brandon Johnson – Manager – 970-565-3332
Cody Hurst – Field Supervisor – 970-739-5075
24055 Road L.4, Cortez CO 81321
https://mvic.info/
Summit Reservoir & Irrigation
Laura Spencer-Wagner – 970-570-5580
PO Box 127, Dolores CO 81323
Phone: 970-882-8898
Email: summitreservoir@gmail.com
State Electrical and Plumbing Inspections:
Contractors are responsible for securing permits and inspections.
Ken Dykes – Plumbing & Gas Inspection – 970-637-0985
Email: dora_eandp_permits@state.co.us
Phone: 303-894-7800
CO DOLA – 303-864-7852
Colorado Division of Housing (DOH)
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dola/division-housing
Required for soil disturbance of over 1 acre
Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
https://cdphe.colorado.gov/cor400000-stormwater-discharge
Phone: 303-692-3517
Any Colorado Licensed Surveyor is acceptable. The following surveyors have asked to be on our contact list.
Goff Engineering & Surveying Inc
Phone: 970-247-1705
Brian Boniface
Email: bboniface@goffengineering.com
Huddleston Land Surveying
Phone: 970-565-3330
Gerald Huddleston & Rita Caffey
Email: ratears@fone.net
Montelores Surveying & Mapping
Phone: 970-739-5115
Gene Reininger
Email: genereininger@gmail.com
Survey Standard LLC
Phone: 970-739-3372
Brian McLaughlin
Email: brian@4corners-survey.com
Service provider is determined by where you live in the county.
AlignTec – 970-375-2771
https://aligntec.net/
Brainstorm Internet – 970-247-1442
www.gobrainstorm.net
CenturyLink (Lumen) – 866-963-6665
Mike Gardner – Mike.Gardner@Lumen.com
Phone: 970-385-0015
Farmers Telephone Company – 970-562-4211
PO Box 369, Pleasant View CO 81331
www.farmerstelcom.com
HughesNet – 1-844-722-2253
https://internet.hughesnet.com/
Nimbus Solutions – 970-759-3634
www.nimbussolutions.org
TDS – 844-322-8832
https://hellotds.com/
Zumacom – 970-403-5448
www.zumacom.com
Cyan Wireless
Phone: 970-440-3178
www.cyanwireless.net
Phone: 970-426-1006
Colorado Title Services
Phone: 970-564-9770
631 E Main St, Cortez CO 81321
Email: InfoCTZ@coloradotitleservices.com
Mon-Do Title Company
Phone: 970-565-8491
236 W North St, Cortez CO 81321
Email: shawn@mondotitleco.com
Updated 1/29/2026